Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (PROVISIONS AND WATER) REGULATION - SECT 7

Offences

(1) An employer who contravenes section 5(1) commits an offence and is liable
on conviction to a fine at level 3.

(2) The master of a ship who contravenes section 5(1) or 6(1) of

(2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2.

(3) It shall be a defence for a person charged in respect of a contravention
of this Regulation, including a person charged by virtue of subsection (4), to
show that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence
to avoid the commission of the offence.

(4) Where an offence under this Regulation is committed, or would have been
committed except for the operation of subsection (3), by any person due to the
act or default of some other person, that other person shall be guilty of the
like offence, and a person may be charged with and convicted of the offence by
virtue of this section whether or not proceedings are taken against that
first-mentioned person. (Enacted 1995)